Posted on 05/23/2019 1:25:35 PM PDT by Mariner
here seems to be an air of pretension among aficionados of jazz and classical music, psychological research is giving them good reason.
A new study published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences suggests that those who prefer instrumental music tend to be more intelligent.
Study author Elena Racevska, a PhD student at Oxford Brookes University, became interested in how musical preference is tied to personality traits as she learned about the Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, which presumes that more intelligent individuals seek more novel experiences compared to less intelligent people.
“After reading Kanazawa’s papers, one of which was on the relationship between intelligence and musical preferences, we decided to further test his hypothesis using a different set of predictors — namely, a different type of intelligence test (i.e. a nonverbal measure), and the uses of music questionnaire,” says Racevska. “We also measured a number of variables likely to have an effect in this relationship, such as taking part in extra-curricular music education, its type and duration.”
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I like rap (some)
What do you suppose my IQ is?
I love them all. Some of the British ones are terrific.
lol
Check out vivalavoce.com
Someone is taking this too seriously and wants to measure IQs.
I find Mozarts are like that.
+1 LOL
How about Mason William’s “Classical Gas”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzyrpfrPEI
I like Blue Danube, too. Especially when the ape throws the bone into the sky and it becomes a spaceship to the space station.
I saw Charlie Mingus at the Village Gate around ‘77. Danny Richmond I think was on drums and he just seemed to roll out of a ventilation duct and land on his feet. Somehow they managed to herd all that chaos and coral it into something that made sense — a picture of city, traffic, people, moment.
I saw the Grateful Dead once. Yes, I went. I served. I was there.
Then other day I revisited them by way of a 50-minute Youtube video: I needed the time to try to install an alternator. It was before J.Garcia had completely cooked himself and had a little bit of bite left. It was good-bad, but there were sublime instances. It can get repetitive and predictable, but occasionally...
The Vienna Waltz
Or for a more modern taste, Piano Concerto #1 by Keith Emerson
Or anything by the wonderful Mannheim Steamroller.
There used to be a nice instrumental jazz station around here.
Years and years ago. Piano and guitar - the kind of jazz I really like.
It was a nice break. I still like my oldies.
The only thing - now the local “oldies” station has Prince as an “oldie”.
Please....
Yes they are. I made the mistake of having Gilbert and Sullivans in WELSH!!
Green Onions by Booker T and the MG’s.
Just defending slanderous comments toward jazz lovers...or do you also slam jazz music for being “mush for ears”?
Yes, which I then had my progeny read, in order to have a better understanding of what we all listened to together.
In 1965, I saw the Yardbirds at the Pinnacle in LA,
right up close to the performers. Unfortunately,
my friends got me so baked, I can’t remember any of
the music. People told me it was epic. Sigh.
No life till leather
We’re gonna kick some ass tonight
We got the metal madness
When our fans start screaming it’s right
Well alright, yeah
When we start to rock, we never
Wanna stop again
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